12-13-2016, 11:24 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Posts: 1,174
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Originally Posted by stefanj
I used CA to glue the pods to the fins. Ended up having to snap one off because I glued it on the wrong way; it was distressingly easy to do that.
Followed up by putting on epoxy fillets. Fingers crossed.
I wondering if staging gasses would be enough to pop a parachute out of a side pod, given vent holes.
I'm planning on finishing the side pods separately; I'll put a strip of 1/4" masking tape down the mating edges of the pods and the booster body. Strip those off to reveal naked body tube suitable for gluing together.
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You could try a static firing after you built it, but then if it didn't work...
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